Third Master, please restrain yourself. Our marriage is a marriage of convenience.

Li Xue then realized that she had been tricked by Pei Jinhe.

"Just look to see if your fingerprints are on it, and you'll know." Pei Jinhe gave the forensic examiner a look.

The man understood, took the equipment and approached Li Xue, speaking in a businesslike tone: "Miss, please cooperate with our examination."

Li Xue put her hands behind her back and said angrily, "I'm not a criminal! Why are you taking my fingerprints!"

The investigator said expressionlessly, "But you are a suspect now. If you don't cooperate, we'll have to take action."

Li Xue knew she couldn't escape this time, so she reluctantly reached out her hand.

Seeing her dawdling, the examiner lost patience and grabbed Li Xue's wrists, pressing both of her hands onto the collection device.

While waiting for the test results, Jiang Jing and Li Xue were extremely restless and anxious.

Pei Jinhe, however, was nonchalant and showed no signs of psychological pressure.

Some of the people present were intelligent and could tell at a glance what was going on.

It seems that today's incident was a setup by Jiang Jing and Li Xue to frame Pei Jinhe.

Soon, the results of the analysis came out, and the personnel in charge of the analysis made the results public.

"The test results are in. There are no fingerprints of Miss Pei on the necklace, only those of Miss Jiang and Miss Li."

Before he could finish speaking, the room erupted in uproar.

"What a shameless frame-up!"

"They have no grudge against them, so why would they frame them?"

"What else could it be? It must be because of jealousy."

"..."

Everyone present was verbally attacking Jiang Jing and Li Xue; those unspoken words were like sharp blades stabbing into them.

Li Xueqiang argued illogically: "Jingjing and I are friends. Isn't it normal for me to touch her bracelet?"

The forensic examiner immediately exposed her lie: "It's normal that you touched it, but there are still clear palm prints on the bracelet. Only by tightly gripping the bracelet in your hand could you create such a mark."

Pei Jinhe calmly retorted, "Who would hold the entire bracelet in their hand when touching someone else's?"

Li Xue was speechless.

Just now, when she accidentally knocked Pei Jinhe's bag away, she slipped the bracelet into her bag. To make it easier to be noticed, she deliberately hung a corner of the bracelet on the edge of the bag.

Pei Jinhe continued, "You went to the restroom with Miss Jiang, and when you came out, Miss Jiang's bracelet was missing. Then you knocked my bag off, and there were fingerprints and palm prints on the bracelet. Isn't that a bit too much of a coincidence?"

With each word she spoke, Li Xue's face paled a little more, and by the end, Li Xue was trembling uncontrollably.

Shen Huaiyu's face was cold and stern, his dark phoenix eyes filled with a chilling coldness that penetrated to the bone. His indifferent voice rang out: "Aren't you going to tell the truth? How dare you frame my people?"

"She..." Li Xue and Jiang Jing looked ashen-faced, especially Jiang Jing.

She initially thought Pei Jinhe was Qin Yuyang's woman, but then she was told that Pei Jinhe was actually Shen Huaiyu's woman!

If she had known earlier that Pei Jinhe was Shen Huaiyu's woman, she definitely wouldn't have provoked her!

Shen Huaiyu's dark eyes were sharp, and his voice was nonchalant: "She's someone I brought. Do you think my Shen family is easy to bully, or do you think I, Shen Huaiyu, am easy to bully?"

His voice was light and airy, yet it struck Jiang Jingxin as heavily as a hammer.

Jiang Jing, tears streaming down her face, cried, "Third Master, it's not like that, I was also..."

She suddenly pointed at Li Xue and yelled, "Li Xue! I considered you a friend! How could you do such a thing! Not only did you steal my bracelet, but you also framed Miss Pei!"

"I..." Li Xue trembled like a leaf.

Everyone in the capital knows how ruthless Master Shen is. Offending him is a thousand times, ten thousand times more terrifying than offending Qin Yuyang.

But now Jiang Jing is clearly trying to push her out as a scapegoat!

"Miss Pei, I'm so sorry. I'm so glad I cleared your name, otherwise I would have been fooled by her." Jiang Jing had completely lost her initial arrogance and apologized to Pei Jinhe in a humble manner.

Pei Jinhe said in a drawn-out tone, "Oh, I see."

Jiang Jing thought Pei Jinhe believed her, so she quickly said, "Yes, that's right."

Pei Jinhe ignored her and instead looked at the panicked Li Xue, asking, "Are you sure you want to bear the wrath of the Shen and Qin families? Do you think your family can handle it?"

Li Xue was so frightened that her face turned pale. Her legs trembled uncontrollably, and she collapsed to her knees on the ground.

Her family was just a nouveau riche with no real background. If it weren't for getting involved with Jiang Jing, they would never have been qualified to attend Old Master Qin's birthday banquet.

If she really admits to everything, both the Shen family and the Qin family will make things difficult for her family.

But she knew all too well that Jiang Jing was a narrow-minded and jealous person, and that even if she didn't admit it, Jiang Jing wouldn't let her off the hook.

Pei Jinhe said calmly, "Shen Huaiyu, Qin Yuyang, what do you suggest we do?"

Qin Yuyang readily agreed, saying, "Daring to cause trouble at my grandfather's birthday banquet shows a complete disregard for the Qin family. In that case, let's just ignore it."

Shen Huaiyu was even more ruthless: "This chain is worth at least several hundred thousand, enough to file a case. Plus, with this frame-up, let's send him to prison and let the people inside take good care of him."

"don't want!"

Upon hearing that she would be going to jail, Li Xue's defenses completely crumbled. Pointing at Jiang Jing, she cried out, "It was her! She instructed me to do everything! She was the one who told me to put the bracelet in Miss Pei's bag!"

Jiang Jing roared, her face contorted in pain, "You're making false accusations!"

Li Xue, having nothing to lose, blurted out everything: "You're jealous that Miss Pei has won Young Master Qin's favor! You wanted to ruin her reputation through this!"

"I didn't!" Jiang Jing retorted hoarsely.

People who were once as close as sisters are now smearing each other in an attempt to exonerate themselves.

Pei Jinhe clicked her tongue: "What a spectacular dog-eat-dog show."

Her gaze swept over the two arguing, their faces flushed: "In that case, you two should both go to jail and reflect on your actions."

She felt she had been having a really bad run of luck lately.

First, she was kidnapped by Shen Huaiyu's admirers, and then she was framed by Qin Yuyang's suitors.

She and these rich people are incompatible.

"I don't want to! I don't want to go to prison!"

Jiang Jing resisted emotionally, crying with tears and snot streaming down her face, completely losing her usual noble and elegant demeanor: "Mom and Dad! Please save me!"

"Third Master." Father Jiang looked at Shen Huaiyu with a troubled expression. He had cherished his daughter for more than 20 years and really couldn't bear to see her suffer in prison.

A cold smile appeared on Shen Huaiyu's lips: "If you want to come in, I can grant your wish."